Joseph B. Bridston Papers, 1937-1961
Collection Overview
Title: Joseph B. Bridston Papers, 1937-1961
ID: OGLMC0053
Primary Creator: Bridston, Joseph B. (1896-1965)
Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet
Subjects: Politics and Government - Republican Organizing Committee (ROC), Politics and Government - Republican Party
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Joseph B. Bridston was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota in 1896. He was the son of Samuel and Borghild (Huss) Bridston. He was educated at a country school until through the eighth grade, before attending Lutheran Bible School in Wahpeton, Fergus Falls High School (Minnesota), and Central High School, Grand Forks, North Dakota. He later attended the State School of Science in Wahpeton, the University of North Dakota, and while in the U.S. Naval Reserve, the University of Washington.
Bridston taught for one year at Lewistown, Montana and returned to Grand Forks. He worked as a specialty salesman and entered the insurance business. He established the J.B. Bridston Co. in 1934 and organized First Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1938. Also greatly involved in politics, his political career included terms as a North Dakota State Senator (1939-1956), founder of the Republican Organizing Committee, and an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate (1946).
In Grand Forks, Bridston was a former president of the University of North Dakota Alumni Association, and helped with the mill levy for the Medical Center. He also served as president of the Grand Forks Community Chest, chairman of the Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce Bridge and Airport Committee, and former director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, Iowa.
On September 1, 1920, Bridston married Anna Pederson of Grand Forks. The couple had three children: Keith, Jo Anne, and Paul. Joseph B. Bridston died September 26, 1965 and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Forks.
Source:
Grand Forks Herald: 27 September 1965
Subject/Index Terms
Politics and Government - Republican Organizing Committee (ROC)
Politics and Government - Republican Party
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional materials were donated by Mrs. J. B. Bridston on June 25, 1977 (77-423).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: Donation; the original acquisition records are unavailable
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Joseph B. Bridston Papers. OGLMC 53, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in September 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
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[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
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- Box 6
- Folder 1: North Dakota Politics, March-December 1945
- Folder 2: Personal Correspondence, April-June 1945
- Folder 3: Petition Filed by Bridston Against the Seating of Senator Langer, 1952
- Folder 4: North Dakota Politics, 1950
- Folder 5: Governor John Moses, November-October 1943
- Folder 6: Campaign Pamphlets, 1942
- Folder 7: Air Reserve Training Manual, February 25, 1960
- Folder 8: Personal Correspondence, November-December 1956
- Folder 9: Personal Correspondence, July-August 1956
- Folder 10: Personal Correspondence, May-June 1956
- Folder 11: Personal Correspondence, March-April 1956
- Folder 12: Personal Correspondence, January-February 1957
- Folder 13: Personal Correspondence, March-April 1957
- Folder 14: Personal Correspondence, May-June 1957
- Folder 15: Personal Correspondence, July-August 1957
- Folder 16: Personal Correspondence, January-February 1956
- Folder 17: Anti-Communism Materials, 1958
- Folder 18: Personal Correspondence, October-December 1957
- Folder 19: Press Release by Bridston, December 4, 1957
- Folder 20: June Primary, 1956
- Folder 21: Republican Dinner, February 13, 1956
- Folder 22: North Dakota Politics, January 1956
- Folder 23: Bridge Committee (Grand Forks and East Grand Forks), 1955
- Folder 24: North Dakota Politics, May 1956
- Folder 25: North Dakota Politics, August-December 1956
- Folder 26: North Dakota Politics, February-April 1956
- Folder 27: Anti-Communism, 1957
- Folder 28: UND, 1953-1956
- Folder 29: Republican Committee - Grand Forks County, 1952-1958
- Folder 30: Correspondence - Flood, 1950
- Folder 31: Clippings, 1948
- Folder 32: Personal Correspondence, January-April 1945
- Folder 33: Correspondence with Fred Aandahl, 1945
- Folder 34: Housing Committee, 1945
- Folder 35: UND, 1948-1953
- Folder 36: Interim Investigating Committee, 1945
- Folder 37: North Dakota Politics, 1957
- Folder 38: Reinsurance, 1957
- Folder 39: Clippings (Letters to Editor), 1959
- Folder 40: Campaign Materials, 1946
- Folder 41: The Leader - Bismarck, North Dakota, 1955
- Folder 42: Clippings, 1952-1955
- Folder 43: Clippings - Letters to Editor, 1950s
- Folder 44: Postmaster Appointment (Reynolds), 1957
- Folder 45: Postmaster Appointment (Emerado), 1958
- Folder 46: UND Alumni Association, 1953-1954
- Folder 47: Newspaper Clippings Regarding Senator Langer, 1957-1959
- Folder 48: Great Northern Railroad, 1955-1956
- Folder 49: Speeches by Bridston, May 10-11, 1961
- Folder 50: Reinsurance, 1945
- Folder 51: Speeches by Bridston, 1946 and 1958
- Folder 52: R.O.C. Messenger, June 1946
- Folder 53: Campaign Materials - Miscellaneous
- Folder 54: House Bill nos. 681 and 682, 1957
- Folder 1: North Dakota Politics, March-December 1945
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